Comparing images of an unfinished game seven years ago to those of a completely polished game released this year is pretty unfair. Of course the graphics of the latter/completed game are better. Just the same as the graphics in SC2 are far superior to SC1.

Originally Posted by Alyssa

This, it's so many years apart that it's pointless to compare them at this stage, especially as one was under development and one is finished product as well.

I wonder what the point of the OP and the other posters is. These two can't be compared.

Originally Posted by Bovinity Divinity

Then the [MMORPG] genre started attracting more players. These players wanted more of a "game" and less of a "world" [...]

There are lots of problems with D3 but the artwork certainly isn't one of them. They did a beautiful job making the game from an artistic stand point. I still notice things when I stop and look around, and I've been playing for over 400 hours.

To be quite honest.. I'd rather have played the other game in 2005 than this one in 2012. Yes, this one looks better now. The other one would've looked far better then than this does now.

Things are like they are; Regretting the past is pointless if there is nothing to learn.
Making the hue darker (same textures and colourscheme, just darker filters) and actually add the monsters and you're set.